Theme~Homes: Louisa May Alcott's Home Orchard House: Large (Largest size under themes)

Pictures: Top left-Orchard House
Middle-Her father's library
Bottom-Louisa May Alcott's room where she did most of her writing. "Little Women" was semi authobiographical and took place in this house. You can see her writing desk, the little oval structure built into the wall between the 2 windows. On the fireplace is the owl her sister May painted for her while Louisa recovered from typhoid fever she contracted while serving as a nurse during the Civil War.
Top right: Cover of "Little Women"
Center: Photo of Louisa May Alcott
Bottom: Cover of "An Old Fashioned Girl"
We visited Orchard House on our visit to Concord, Massachusetts. Our guide had incredible knowledge of the Alcott family and all their friends, including Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.